A01=Charlyne Berens
Author_Charlyne Berens
Category=JPR
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Product details
- ISBN 9780761827634
- Weight: 322g
- Dimensions: 141 x 216mm
- Publication Date: 11 Feb 2004
- Publisher: University Press of America
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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Power to the People examines the first session of the Nebraska Unicameral Legislature, in 1937, to determine whether the Legislature's structure and rules reflected populism, progressivism, or simply a variant of liberal democracy. The book considers the notion that the one-house, nonpartisan legislature adopted by Nebraska's citizens is a reflection of the desire for "the people," rather than the elites, to control government. Building on the work of the new institutionalism and applying the principles of social choice, Power to the People argues that the structure and procedures of an institution affect its product as well as the philosophies on which it is founded.
Charlyne Berens is Associate Professor in the College of Journalism and Mass Communications at University of Nebraska-Lincoln. She holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
